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Synonyms for dogma
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dawg-muh, dog- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔg mə, ˈdɒg- |
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Définition of dogma
Origin :- c.1600 (in plural dogmata), from Latin dogma "philosophical tenet," from Greek dogma (genitive dogmatos) "opinion, tenet," literally "that which one thinks is true," from dokein "to seem good, think" (see decent). Treated in 17c.-18c. as a Greek word in English.
- noun belief, principle
- Where was the formula, the dogma, that would satisfy the hopes of the mankind of to-day?
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- I will yield nothing, whether in discipline, or in rite, or in dogma.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And, once again, forms are of no importance; it is sufficient that dogma should remain.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- He laid down this dogma as the necessary basis of any reform by persuasion.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- His transgression had destroyed his faith, and then dogma had tottered.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- He stood fast by his good old Prussian dogma, as outlined in “I am a Prussian!”
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- The best solution is to have no dogma at all in the school-room.
- Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes
- Under the dominion of this dogma, education was absolutely forbidden him.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- He asks, not whether a dogma is true, but whether it is amusing or quaint.
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
- He cannot adopt any dogma unreservedly, but neither does any dogma repel him.
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
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